What Am I Supposed to Be Doing Again? Part II: Professional Development During Sophomore Year9/24/2019 With a full year at Marist under your belt sophomore year is the time to begin looking for summer internships and other opportunities that allow you to delve deeper into your career interests. Here are a few tips for second year students as they begin their quest for work experience in their desired field. Practice Interviewing Using InterviewStream InterviewStream is an effective tool you can use to discover your own strengths and weaknesses when you express yourself. It can help you leave a lasting impression when you go on an internship or job interview. You can use the online resource, which is free to access for Marist students, to record yourself answering customizable interview questions. InterviewStream has hundreds of question sets to choose from and there is also an app available. You can even share the videos of your practice interviews with your friends, family members, professors, and career services staff members to get their feedback. Make sure to register for an InterviewStream account with your Marist College email address. Go on a Road to the Workplace Trip You can do more than just online research to learn about where you might want to work. The Marist College Center for Career Services offers Road to the Workplace trips. Students get the chance to meet with Marist alumni and employees of different companies and learn about available professional development opportunities with that organization while on these trips. Employees also give their advice and best practices on applying for positions and succeeding in the field. Road to the Workplace trips are excellent ways to start networking with professionals in the industry that you want to enter. A connection that you meet during a Road to the Workplace trip could very well be reviewing your job or internship application to that same company in the future. Attend Events That Feature Employers, Career Coaches and Marist Alumni The Center for Career Services hosts a few major events and initiatives every semester that help advance students’ professional development. The marquee event is the Career and Internship Fair, where dozens of companies come to campus to recruit and screen candidates for full-time and internship openings. Some of the employers who attend the fair most often include 1-800 Flowers, IBM, Burlington Stores, and more. The fair is open to students of all class years and majors at Marist College. At the beginning of each semester, career coaches hold a Resume Review Table where students can walk up and have drafts of their resume critiqued. Resume and cover letter reviews from career services staff members are also available during Drop-In Hours, a period from 3-4:30 PM Monday-Thursday where no appointment is needed. Visit Cannavino Library 332 for more information on Drop-In Hours. Other career services events sprinkled throughout the year are designed for networking. For the last two years during Alumni Weekend Career Services has held a VIP Young Alumni Panel, where recent graduates come together to share their Marist experiences and share details about their transition from college to the early stages of their career.
In our post on junior year, Part III of this series, we will go over applying for a variety of postgraduate options, including graduate school. We will also talk about how additional outreach to Marist alumni fits into your career planning.
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